Exterior lighting: headlights (Westinghouse)
Vehicle equipment recall 84E-023. NHTSA received N.A.PHILIPS LTG.CORP.’s report on Oct 1, 1984.
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The short answer
NHTSA received N.A.PHILIPS LTG.CORP.’s report on Oct 1, 1984. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
WHEN AIMED WITH A MECHANICAL AIMING DEVICE, THE HEADLAMPS DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
THE LIGHT BEAM IS LOW AND SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, WHICH REDUCES THE DISTANCE ILLUMINATED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Exterior lighting: headlights.
What should you do?
HEADLIGHTS WILL BE REPLACED WITH A RECTANGULAR HALOGEN AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP AT NO CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES USING SEALED BEAM HALOGEN HEADLAMPS.SYSTEM: LIGHTING AND COMMUNICATION; HEADLAMPS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: DURING NIGHT DRIVING, INADEQUATE LIGHTING COULDCONTRIBUTE TO AN ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE OPERATED ON LOW BEAM.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 16,278 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Westinghouse WestinghouseBuilt from Aug 1, 1983 to Oct 1, 1983
Who is recalling it?
- Made by N.A.PHILIPS LTG.CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.